Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 288

Chapter 288

“Whose mom?” Daphne quickened her pace, reaching the table.

Lionel helped her pull out a chair, his firm grip on her shoulders gently guiding her to sit, “Our mom, Mrs. Flores.”

“My mom gave you the keys to my apartment? Really, Lord Lion, you trying to fool me? Did you…” Daphne was about to suggest that he might have made a copy of her key the last time she left it at his place.

But as her gaze met Lionel’s enchanting hazel eyes, Daphne suddenly lost her nerve. The words that were on the tip of her tongue turned into something else.

“Did you see that I left the door unlocked last night and decided to come in?”

Lionel pulled out a key and waved it in front of her. “I had no idea you had a habit of leaving your door unlocked at night. Or did you do it on purpose, hoping I’d come over?”

“Lord Lion… Do you think this is some sort of morning sitcom?” Daphne rolled her eyes at him.

“Hmm?” Lionel’s tone rose slightly.

Daphne immediately took a spoonful of yogurt bowl and put it in her mouth, then exaggeratedly gave a thumbs up. “Delicious!”

“Took quite a while to make,” he replied casually.

“Did you make it yourself?” She looked at the yogurt in front of her with a hint of surprise. It tasted great and looked like something you’d get at a fancy place, not something Lionel would make.

Yet he affirmed with one simple words, “Duh.”

“Lord Lion, let me see your hands.” Daphne reached out to Lionel.

He extended his hand, and Daphne put down her spoon and opened his palm. It was soft and smooth, evidently well taken care of.

Daphne scoffed lightly, “Look at these hands, they haven’t seen a day’s hard work. I don’t believe for a second you made this. There’s no shame in not being able to cook, I can’t cook either!”

Lionel lightly tapped Daphne’s head, “Is not being able to cook something to be proud of?”

moment, it

laundry or clean either. Either my mom comes over to clean my apartment, or I hire a maid. My dad adores me, he’s always spoiled me,”

by her

devoid of any pretense, was endearing. Many people would exaggerate their skills to maintain a perfect image, only to make a fool of themselves. But Daphne, perhaps because she

lasted too long, as even the thick-skinned Daphne started to feel embarrassed. She

man sitting across from her suddenly spoke, surprising

“What?”

Lionel, not knowing how to cook, clean, or do laundry, you can be

uncontrollably, even covering it

breath, barely managing to calm herself down. Then, pretending as if

the subject, “Did you really get the keys from

it hard to believe.

wealthy family, who were against her marrying Lionel, were Mrs. Flores and Alaric!

hard to believe that in just over a month, her parents would do a complete 180 and

threatened

So the

Lionel, furrowing her brows, “How did you threaten

not, I was going to marry Daphne. If they disagreed, I would simply kidnap her. Neither their

causing her to instinctively retract her neck and look

crying, “Lord Lion, you’re joking, right? You didn’t actually say that

did, word

the keys? And my dad… he didn’t

studied Lionel from head to toe, “Are you injured anywhere? Did you

on me

must have taken a gang to stir up trouble. And he must have brought experts with him, otherwise he wouldn’t

with him when he went to the Flores family. But it wasn’t a gang like Daphne

repeat his threats

parents sat on the sofa, scrutinizing him with their piercing

was the first to speak, his voice firm, addressing Lionel directly, “Stay away from us, Lionel. And don’t worry about the child Daphne’s carrying. She made up her mind to have it, and we, the Flores family, have never feared rumors or idle talk. We raised Daphne just fine, and

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